@conference {1936,
	title = {Going beyond efficiency: including altruistic motives in behavioral models for sustainability transitions to address suffiency},
	booktitle = {Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity},
	year = {2014},
	address = {Leipzig},
	abstract = {Sustainability transitions require altered individual behaviors. Policies aiming to make people change their consumption behavior are designed according to efficiency, consistency, and sufficiency principles. Taking into account shortcomings of the first two principles, this paper specifically addresses the sufficiency principle. Sufficiency policies are not very popular due to the fear that they may impede the quality of life. This fear might be eased when highlighting the motivational side of sustainable behavior, such as the wish to care for future generations. We use the capability approach (CA), to (a) include the differentiation between self- and other-oriented goals; to (b) build on its success in assessing quality of life; and (c), in assessing the sustainability of behavior and policies. These facets make CA suitable to analyze the effectiveness of sufficiency policies on sustainability and quality of life. To better understand the motivational side of sustainable behavior, CA is enriched through approaches from environmental psychology, developing the idea of intrinsic empowerment for sufficiency policies. Keywords: behavioral model, capability approach, sufficiency, altruism, intrinsic empowerment},
	author = {Niko Sch{\"a}pke and Dr. Felix Rauschmayer}
}
@conference {1888,
	title = {THANCS {\textendash} a process to address tensions that emerge in/with a transition towards sustainable development},
	booktitle = {Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity},
	year = {2014},
	address = {Leipzig},
	abstract = {<p>THANCS (Thriving for Awareness for Non-Conflicting Strategies) is a group process which allows the participants to deal with tensions that arise in trying to pursue a sustainable lifestyle. It is evident (in particular for this conference) that a transition towards sustainability is needed. We do currently not have a sustainable development which allows everybody to live a decent life with a certain quality of life. Pursuing a sustainable lifestyle could allow on the one hand to use less resources and on the other to feel well by meeting one{\textquoteright}s own needs. In order to meet their needs, people behave in a certain way, they apply strategies. As these strategies neither necessarily realise all our needs nor concord with all our values, tensions occur. THANCS supports in particular reflecting about the tension(s), its origins and the connection to one{\textquoteright}s lifestyles and needs fulfilment. This reflection can lead to understanding and by communicating the results of the reflection with others, solutions to overcome the tensions might emerge.</p>},
	author = {Ines Omann and Dr. Felix Rauschmayer}
}
